https://bshm.org.uk/edinburgh-mystery-object/ Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://bshm.org.uk/edinburgh-mystery-object/#comment-42 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:59:38 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2314#comment-42 Well, if its a choice between the key and the pelican?

]]> https://bshm.org.uk/edinburgh-mystery-object/#comment-41 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:28:18 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2314#comment-41 That article by Alexander Monro primus is available here. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.532912666x;view=1up;seq=459
In this he names the other surgeons who have sent him examples and the modifications he made to them. He also considers it a better instrument than the pelican which fell out of favour

]]> https://bshm.org.uk/edinburgh-mystery-object/#comment-40 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:50:55 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2314#comment-40 Yes – absolutely correct Kevin
One of the disadvantages of this devise was that it sometimes loosened the teeth adjacent to the “target”

]]> https://bshm.org.uk/edinburgh-mystery-object/#comment-39 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:21:25 +0000 http://bshm.org.uk/?p=2314#comment-39 Tooth Key, to extract teeth, Alexander Monro descibed it in “Medical Essays and Observations” c.1732-44

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